§ Mrs. Colquhounasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in the light of recent instances where landlords can refuse to serve women, he will bring forward legislation amending the law on sex discrimination so as to extinguish the common law right of an occupier of licensed premises arbitrarily to request any person to leave and to eject them upon their refusal to quit.
§ Dr. Summerskill:No. Section 29 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 makes it unlawful for any person concerned with the provision to the public or a section of the public of facilities for entertainment, recreation or refreshment to refuse such facilities to a woman on the grounds of her sex. We see no justification for removing from the occupier of licensed premises his common law right to refuse entry or service to any person on other grounds.